ANDRÉ KUDELSKI
Lead Independent Director
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Audit and Financial Risks Committee
Member of the Nominating Committee
Born on May 26, 1960,
of Swiss and American nationality
First appointment:
May 25, 2016
Expiry of term of office:
2028 Annual Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting
Number of shares held:
500
Kudelski SA
22-24, route de Genève
PO Box 134
1033 Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne
Switzerland
BIOGRAPHYAndré Kudelski is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kudelski Group, a world leader in digital security, listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX: KUD.S). With a master’s degree in applied physics from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), he joined the Kudelski Group in 1984 as an R&D engineer. In 1989, he became head of Nagravision, the digital TV arm. In 1991, he succeeded his father, Stefan Kudelski, the company’s founder, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He is also Chair of the Board of Directors of Innosuisse, the federal Swiss Innovation Agency. He is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Advisory Board of the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). André Kudelski sits on the Strategic Advisory Board of the EPFL. He is a member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW). He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC). He has previously served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Geneva International Airport. He also was Director of Nestlé, HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Switzerland), Edipresse and Dassault Systèmes. André Kudelski has received numerous distinctions, including the title of "Global Leader for Tomorrow" from the World Economic Forum in 1995 and an Emmy® Award in 1996 from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing his work in controlling access to television. He is a regular speaker at the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto, Japan. |
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